Which type-rating would you get

[CapnVegetto]

I've got a CE-500 rating, so I'd probably get an HS-125 rating. The Hawker is the Citation of the midsize jet fleet, and it's another one of those ratings where if you have it, you're pretty much always able to find a job.

Other good ones to have are LR-JET, CE-525S, CL-60, GIV, GV. Good job seeking types.

For fun I'd love to have a CE-650 rating just because I love the airplane. I've got about 100 hours in one and it's a ton of fun.

 

[CapnVegetto]

747 without even a thought. It would be cool to say you are Capt qualified on the most biggest passenger plane in the sky. Also cool to have it on your ticket as a Capt type rated pilot. It commands respect.

I know this guy is a flamebaiting jackoff, but NO type rating COMMANDS respect. Anybody can get a type in anything if they have enough money. Hell John Travolta has 1 or 2 airliner type ratings. I'd have ATP ratings in every airliner out there if I had enough money to blow on it.

 

[Tref]

I'd consider the CE-680 since it's a fairly new type and there aren't many pilots typed on it even though though they've been selling like crazy. Best bet if you're going to pay good money is to have a job lined up at the end of it. Better yet, find a job where you don't have to pay. Yeah, I know. That's the problem, right?!

 

[jafo20]

I heard guys mention B-17, Albatross and DC-3. You can still kinda get paid (paid well in a DC-3) doing that, although those planes would be fun.

I'd get a type in, like, an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy. I think the only one of those that's not in a museum is being used for firefighting practice in Sioux Falls or Sioux City.

A type in a Convair 880 would be totally useless, but entertaining too.

 

[cheyflyer]

G- 450/550

 

[RedDogC130]

Those are all good ideas, except instructordude's...good effort. Trust me I do not have $$ to spend on a type I was just looking at the GI Bill and hear people got types out of it and was curious on what people would get if they had the $$. I have the Lear type already so would look at probably the Citation or Hawker...Probably the Hawker if it came down to it. Just interesting to see what other people would get.

 

[j41]

getting a type

I read alot info. on the differents Types of ratings people have suggested.
The problem is the that company wants Types and time!! I think just a type along now in this market will not do it!
I have asking Recruiters from oversea if I were to get a Type and Not having any time in the airplane, would I qualify for an interview?
The answer so far is No , you would need to have 300 to 500 hrs flying the airplane.
This is what I found so far with having a type and no time in the airplane.

What are the folks that have gotten Types with no time in the airplane able to do, as far as getting a interview and flying jobs?

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Money no object,
707, 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 787.

Fun, Martin Mars, B-17, B-29, HU-16.

 

[AA717driver]

Red Dog--For corporate, obviously the cheaper the type, the more competition that's out there.

Relatively few G550/450/V types but not that much work. During normal times, you make big bucks doing contract. These days, you'll HAVE to go overseas and the pickin's are slim there, too.

Go the CE, HS, LR route and you're competing with 10,000 other guys, many with bags of PIC time. Plus, the daily rate is pretty low.

I'd go the A-320 route and whore yourself out to get some PIC time. (Hey, we're talking theory here, not ethics...)

Good thread.

TC

 

[McNugget]

How about a Grumman Albatross. I'd love to be able to have a flying boat service running from south Florida to the islands.

Too bad Chalks is dead. Someone needs to make those planes again. They were tanks but the salt water ate them up.

I'll follow you in a Twin Otter flying to Walkers Cay and to other smaller Bahamian sidewalks... errrr runways.

 

[727gm]

Money no object,
707, 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 787.

Impossible - No such rating as "B-717"

 

[IBNAV8R]

PBY or HU-16

DC-3 goes without saying

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Too bad Chalks is dead. Someone needs to make those planes again. They were tanks but the salt water ate them up.

I'll follow you in a Twin Otter flying to Walkers Cay and to other smaller Bahamian sidewalks... errrr runways.

I thought Chalks ran the T-Mallard not the Albatros.
And the Twin Otter doesn't qualify since it doesn't need a type. (not sure if the Mallard does either for that matter)

 

[pilotgolfer]

Red Dog--For .
.I'd go the A-320 route and whore yourself out to get some PIC time. (Hey, we're talking theory here, not ethics...)

Good thread.

TC

I have some friends that got typed on the A-320 and they have had zero luck getting jobs. Most of the overseas operators will not talk to them unless they have 500 hours on type. And these are very experienced L-1011 and 757 captains.

 

[Whine Lover]

"Too bad Chalks is dead. Someone needs to make those planes again."

Your wish is granted:

http://www.antillesseaplanes.com/

Close enough?

I know it's not a Mallard or an Albatross ( Chalks had both ) but it'll do...


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